Monsang language

Monsang
Monsang
Siirti
	Monsangwritten inMeitei script
Native to	India
Region	Manipur
Ethnicity	Monsang people
Native speakers	2,000 (2015)
Language family	Sino-Tibetan Tibeto-Burman Monsang; ;
Language codes
ISO 639-3	nmh
Glottolog	mons1234

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Monsang(Monsang, Monshang; autonym:Si:rti^[1]) is an unclassifiedSino-Tibetan(possiblySino-Tibetan) language spoken in the Northeast of India.Scott DeLancey,et al. (2015)^[1]classifies Monsang as a "NorthwestNaga"language. The speakers of this language useMeitei languageas theirsecond language(L2) according to theEthnologue.^[2]

Distribution

Monsang is spoken in Chandel subdivision,Chandel district,Manipur,in the 6 villages of Liwachangning, Changnhe, Liwa Khullen (Meeleen), Liwa Sarei, Japhou, and Monsang Pantha (Pentha Khuwpuw).^[3]

Phonology

Unlike the more conservative Kuki-Chin languages spoken to the south such as Mizo, Monsang has many innovative phonological and morphological features.^[4]

References

^^a ^b ^cDeLancey, Scott; Krishna Boro; Linda Konnerth1; Amos Teo. 2015.Tibeto-Burman Languages of the Indo-Myanmar borderland.31st South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable, 14 May 2015
^"Meitei | Ethnologue".Ethnologue.Retrieved2023-05-03.
^Monsang, Sh. Francis; Veikho, Sahiinii Lemaina. 2018.Sound System of Monsang.Himalayan Linguistics,Vol. 17(2): 77–116.doi:10.5070/H917237811
^Konnerth, Linda. 2018.The historical phonology of Monsang (Northwestern South-Central/ “Kuki-Chin” ): A case of reduction in phonological complexity.Himalayan Linguistics,Vol. 17(1): 19-49.

External links

Link to ELAR documentation on Monsang grammar

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[DeLancey2015-1] DeLancey, Scott; Krishna Boro; Linda Konnerth1; Amos Teo. 2015.Tibeto-Burman Languages of the Indo-Myanmar borderland.31st South Asian Languages Analysis Roundtable, 14 May 2015

[2] "Meitei | Ethnologue".Ethnologue.Retrieved2023-05-03.

[Monsang2018-3] Monsang, Sh. Francis; Veikho, Sahiinii Lemaina. 2018.Sound System of Monsang.Himalayan Linguistics,Vol. 17(2): 77–116.doi:10.5070/H917237811

[4] Konnerth, Linda. 2018.The historical phonology of Monsang (Northwestern South-Central/ “Kuki-Chin” ): A case of reduction in phonological complexity.Himalayan Linguistics,Vol. 17(1): 19-49.

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